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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

For all you indie kids out there, who sometimes get reminiscent of the good old indie days of the late 90s, early 00s, I've got a little gem for you that goes by the name STEREO IS A LIE. They are from Austin, Texas, by location but from the UK by heart, since it is Glynn Wedgewood, songwriter and mastermind of the band, who brings in the UK sound to SIAL, being strongly influenced by bands of that formerly mentioned era. A few years ago he moved from Nottingham to the States with his then band IV Thieves (formerly Nic Armstrong & The Thieves) and settled down in Austin.
The rest of the band is made up of Davy Hamrick (drums & percussion), Marcus Piña (bass), Justin Scott (keyboards), and Danny Stapleton (guitars).

Today SIAL have got their first single "It's Too Late" coming out, with the self-titled full-length to follow on February 8th, 2011. It was mixed by Chris Cline (Trail Of Dead) and mastered by John Golden (Sonic Youth, Film School, Japandroids, etc.). Glynn sent me the album in time for the single release to get a full impression of it and I'm excited to announce that there is something fab on the way.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Did I mention that I'm a huge fan of Dr. Dog? Well I am and just so you know, this won't be the last post about these guys from Philly. Here's a link to the fantastic Spinner site where you can download yet another amazing song by Dr. Dog:

You don't often hear these sounds coming over the boarder from France, especially since they aren't anything like the French sounds that you'd expect. In fact, they sound very much American and you instantly come to think of acts such as The Dodos & Musée Mécanique.

Syd Matters hails from Paris and is fronted by Jonathan Morali (guitar, piano), next to Rémi Alexandre (guitar, piano), Olivier Marguerit (guitar, piano, flute), Jean-Yves Lozac'h (bass, piano) and Clément Carle (drums). Let me leave it at that though, in terms of band info, and have the music speak for itself. Bye the album and have a listen to it in one go and you'll see it's addictive. But since I couldn't find the album as stream anywhere, these few videos will do to get a first impression on the band and their amazing new album Brotherocean. Hope it'll get you hoocked!

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You can call me a music nerd...
I guess that means that I'm obsessed with music and gigs. It also means that I love to support bands in a legal way. I'm not a fan of illegal downloads.
So I'm using my contacts to labels and pluggers to provide you with music and information.
My mission is complete if you find a band on here that you like and you go out and buy their record.
If you're a band that I've mentioned on here and you want something to be taken off, just send me an email and I'll do it.